At the 2nd meeting, on 28 April, ministerial statements on future modalities and work programme of the Commission were made by Mohammed Elyazghi, Minister for National and Regional Development, Water and the Environment (Morocco), on behalf of the Group of 77 and China, Rodoula Zisi, Deputy Minister of Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works (Greece) on behalf of the European Union, Margaret Beckett, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland), Borge Brende, Minister of Environment (Norway), David Kemp, Senior Cabinet Member, Vice-President of the Executive Council, Minister for the Environment and Heritage (Australia), Tokia Saïfi, Minister for Sustainable Development (France), Ronnie Kasrils, Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry (South Africa), T. R. Baalu, Minister for Environment and Forests (India), Pieter Van Geel, Secretary of State of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment (Netherlands), Petr Mares, Deputy Prime Minister (Czech Republic), Susanto Sutoyo, Director-General of Multilateral, Economic, Finance and Development Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Indonesia), Bozo Kovacevic, Minister for Environment Protection and Physical Planning (Croatia), David Anderson, Minister of the Environment (Canada), Irina E. Osokina, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources (Russian Federation), Tamir Iqbal, Minister of State for Environment, Ministry of Environment, Local Government and Rural Development (Pakistan), Altero Matteoli, Minister of Environment (Italy), Amilcar Theias, Minister of Cities, Territorial Planning and Environment (Portugal), Marina Silva, Minister of Environment (Brazil), Emilis Gustainis, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Environment (Lithuania), Heinz Schreiber, Director-General, Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management (Austria), Jagdish Dharamchand Koonjul, Ambassador and Permanent Representative (Mauritius) on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States.